Judges 13:3:6Judg.13.3.W6TAB
הִנֵּה־נָ֤א
hinena
“behold, please”
- Transliteration
- hi-NE-na
- Extended
- hih-NEE-naa
- IPA
- /hinˈneː.nɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- behold, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
hi-NE-na
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LE-ha hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-LAD-te ve-ha-RIT ve-ya-LAD-te BEN
- sentence
va-ye-RA mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-i-SHA va-yo-MER e-LE-ha hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-LAD-te ve-ha-RIT ve-ya-LAD-te BEN
Exegesis
Dialogue begins with the particle hinneh-na {הִנֵּה־נָ֤א | hinnēʾ nāʾ} ‘look now’, creating immediacy.
In context — Judges 13:3
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said, “Look closely: you are barren and have not borne a child, yet you will conceive and bear a son.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 13:3, so the Hebrew word הִנֵּה־נָ֤א (hinena) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.13.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.3.W6.S1) and character.